It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.

Oliver Wendell Holmes
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  2. If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

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  4. There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

  5. Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'.

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